Upbound is the company behind open source Crossplane - the modern, cloud-native alternative to Infrastructure as Code. Crossplane was the first open source project to recognize Kubernetes for its control plane, and not as a container orchestrator, and has been leading the effort to democratize control plane technology in the cloud-native community. Our mission is to enable a new era of infrastructure management that is automated, efficient, reliable and empowers application teams to self-service any resource they need and deliver software faster.
We are building solutions that accelerate development velocity and innovation at global enterprises, with a control plane-centric approach. Upbound Universal Crossplane (UXP) enables platform teams to create their own opinionated platform declaratively without having to write any code and offer it to their developers as a self-service Kubernetes-style API.
Upbound’s product offerings are available via a subscription model that currently has two tiers. The first is a free tier catering to individuals getting started with control planes and who need tooling to debug and share their Crossplane providers and configurations. It includes full access to Universal Crossplane (UXP), the ability to publish public listings in Upbound Registry, and limited access to Upbound Cloud. Upbound’s enterprise tier unlocks additional value across the product portfolio. Platform teams can manage unlimited control planes in Upbound Cloud, create unlimited private listings in Upbound Registry, and get access to 24/7 support, prioritized bug fixes, implementation services, onboarding and training.
Any organization looking to simplify and accelerate cloud native operations and empower their developers, should try Upbound.
Upbound was founded in 2017 and is a remote-first company. The company is backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Telstra Ventures.
We are building solutions that accelerate development velocity and innovation at global enterprises, with a control plane-centric approach. Upbound Universal Crossplane (UXP) enables platform teams to create their own opinionated platform declaratively without having to write any code and offer it to their developers as a self-service Kubernetes-style API.
Upbound’s product offerings are available via a subscription model that currently has two tiers. The first is a free tier catering to individuals getting started with control planes and who need tooling to debug and share their Crossplane providers and configurations. It includes full access to Universal Crossplane (UXP), the ability to publish public listings in Upbound Registry, and limited access to Upbound Cloud. Upbound’s enterprise tier unlocks additional value across the product portfolio. Platform teams can manage unlimited control planes in Upbound Cloud, create unlimited private listings in Upbound Registry, and get access to 24/7 support, prioritized bug fixes, implementation services, onboarding and training.
Any organization looking to simplify and accelerate cloud native operations and empower their developers, should try Upbound.
Upbound was founded in 2017 and is a remote-first company. The company is backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Telstra Ventures.
Location: United States, Oregon
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $71M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 4
Funding Rounds 2
Mentions in press and media 15
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| 06.11.2025 | Crossplane Graduates From CNCF as Upbound Redefines the Future of AI-Native Infrastructure | Upbound announced that Crossplane, the open-source control plane framework it created, has officially graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, marking the project's highest level of maturity and community trust. The milestone u... |
| 20.08.2025 | Upbound Appoints Sarah Strobhar as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Growth of AI-Native Infrastructure | Meet Upbound's new CRO, Sarah Strobhar. Upbound strengthens leadership team with the appointment of Sarah Strobhar as Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI-native infrastructure platforms and Intelligent Control Plan... |
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| 01.12.2021 | Funding news: Upbound raises $60M for cloud infrastructure, competitive intelligence startup Klue lands $62M | Upbound founder and CEO Bassam Tabbara. (GeekWire File Photo) The news: Seattle-based cloud management platform startup Upbound has raised $60 million in new funding. Upbound helps enterprise customers consolidate and streamline their workf... |
| 30.11.2021 | Upbound Raises $60M in Series B Funding | Upbound, a Seattle WA-based cloud management platform provider, raised $60M in Series B funding. The round was led by Altimeter Capital with participation from GV, Intel Capital and Telstra Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to ... |
| 29.11.2021 | Upbound nabs $60M to grow its open source Crossplane multi-cloud management project | Companies today want to avoid the lock-in they faced in the past with a single vendor. As a result, they are hedging their bets with a multi-cloud strategy, but this creates a new problem around finding a single tool for managing it all. Th... |
| 29.11.2021 | Upbound Raises $60M in Funding from Altimeter Capital, GV, Intel Capital and Others To Advance its Universal Cloud Management Platform | Upbound, the cloud management platform company behind the popular open source Crossplane project, today announced that it raised $60M in new funding. The new funding includes a Series B round led by Altimeter Capital with participation from... |
| 11.12.2018 | Everything that was announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon | KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018 is being held this week in Seattle, and naturally a long list of companies and organizations are using the event to update the public on their projects related Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing. The event i... |
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